Nigel Lawson

Nigel Lawson, Lord Lawson of Blaby, was Secretary of State for Energy 1981-83, and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1983-89 and a founder and Chairman of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. . He is the author of 'Appeal to Reason : A cool look at global warming'

Family
He is the father of Dominic Lawson, and Nigella Lawson. Dominic is married to Rosa Monckton the sister of Lord Christopher Monckton

Views on Climate Change
Nigel Lawson is a prominent climate change skeptic. He has written a book called 'An Appeal to Reason’ which apparently argues that saving the planet will be the real disaster.

Quotations

 * "To take the extreme case, while it may at first blush seem heartless to say that the welfare of those living in the next millennium is of no consequence, to take decisions on the basis that it is every bit as important as the welfare of the population of the world today would be palpably absurd."

SourceWatch resources
Climate change sceptics Global Warming Policy Foundation climate change skeptics

External resources

 * Carbon Brief Profile
 * House of Lords Profile and Register of Interests

External articles
Lord Lawson's 'misleading' climate claims challenged by scientific adviser